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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2014
Reaction Systems, Llc, Golden, CO (US);
David T. Wickham, Lafayette, CO (US);
Kevin J. Gleason, Lafayette, CO (US);
Scott W. Cowley, Lakewood, CO (US);
Reaction Systems, LLC, Golden, CO (US);
Abstract
There is disclosed a portable life support system with a component for removal of at least one selected gas. In an embodiment, the system includes a supported liquid membrane having a first side and a second side in opposition to one another, the first side configured for disposition toward an astronaut and the second side configured for disposition toward a vacuum atmosphere. The system further includes an ionic liquid disposed between the first side and the second side of the supported liquid membrane, the ionic liquid configured for removal of at least one selected gas from a region housing the astronaut adjacent the first side of the supported liquid membrane to the vacuum atmosphere adjacent the second side of the supported liquid membrane. Other embodiments are also disclosed.